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Faith
 


Faith in God defends man in all his frailty and short-comings: God's brightness shines on every individual.

 
Homily
Memorial of the three Archangels
St Peter's Basilica
29 September 2007

 
 
 
Faith
 


Faith… entails the opening of the person to the Lord's grace; it means recognizing that everything is a gift, everything is grace.

 
ANGELUS
St. Peter's Square
14 October 2007

 
 
 
Faith
 


It is faith that saves human beings, re-establishing them in their profound relationship with God, themselves, and others.

 
Angelus Address
St. Peter's Square
14 October 2007

 
 
 
Faith
 


The temptation of discouragement and resignation comes to those who are weak in faith and those who confuse evil with good and to those who think that in the face of evil that is often profound, there is nothing that can be done. On the contrary, those who are firmly founded on faith, who trust totally in God and who live in the Church are capable of conveying the devastating power of the Gospel.

 
Homily
Palermo, Italy
October 2010

 
 
 
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The drama of the disciples of Emmaus appears like a reflection of the situation of many Christians of our time: it seems that the hope of faith has failed. Faith itself enters a crisis because of negative experiences that make us feel abandoned and betrayed even by the Lord. But this road to Emmaus on which we walk can become the way of a purification and maturation of our belief in God. Also today we can enter into dialogue with Jesus, listening to his Word. Today too he breaks bread for us and gives himself as our Bread. And so the meeting with the Risen Christ that is possible even today gives us a deeper and more authentic faith tempered, so to speak, by the fire of the Paschal Event; a faith that is robust because it is nourished not by human ideas but by the Word of God and by his Real Presence in the Eucharist.

 
Regina Caeli
St Peter's Square
Third Sunday of Easter
6 April 2008

 
 
 
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We must give great attention to the development of our faith, so that it truly pervades all our attitudes, thoughts, actions and intentions.

 
Address
Pastoral Visit
Częstochowa, Poland
26 May 2006

 
 
 
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I would like to say to all of you and also to those who are passing through a difficult moment in their journey of faith, to those who take little part in the life of the Church or who live "as though God did not exist" not to be afraid of the Truth, never to interrupt the journey towards it and never to stop searching for the profound truth about yourselves and other things with the inner eye of the heart. God will not fail to provide Light to see by and Warmth to make the heart feel that he loves us and wants to be loved.

 
General Audience
Castel Gandolfo
25 August 2010

 
 
 
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St Paul tells us: not our deeds, but rather faith renders us "just". This faith, however, is not a thought, an opinion, an idea. This faith is communion with Christ, which the Lord gives to us, and thus becomes life, becomes conformity with him. Or to use different words faith, if it is true, if it is real, becomes love, becomes charity, is expressed in charity. A faith without charity, without this fruit, would not be true faith. It would be a dead faith.

 
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
26 November 2008

 

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